The family of a 12-year-old girl critically wounded during the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school last month said she is making remarkable progress in her recovery, calling it “nothing short of miraculous.”
Sophia Forchas, who suffered a gunshot wound to the head in the Aug. 27 attack at the Annunciation Catholic School, is preparing to transition from acute care to an inpatient rehabilitation program this week, her family said in a statement released through Hennepin Healthcare.
“Sophia is winning,” the family said, noting she has shown “promising signs of neurological recovery” while under care at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC).
The shooting claimed the lives of two children — Harper Moyski, 10, and Fletcher Merkel, 8 — and left 21 others injured when a gunman fired more than 100 rounds through church windows during Mass, according to authorities…